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bootblack, shoeblack
a person who polishes shoes and boots
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grunt
an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
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drudge, hack, hacker
one who works hard at boring tasks
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ignoramus, know nothing, uneducated person
an ignorant person
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incompetent, incompetent person
someone who is not competent to take effective action
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beginner, initiate, novice, tiro, tyro
someone new to a field or activity
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ragpicker
an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
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fiddler, tinkerer
an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
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abecedarian
a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
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aliterate, aliterate person
a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
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apprentice, learner, prentice
works for an expert to learn a trade
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blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
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cub, greenhorn, rookie
an awkward and inexperienced youth
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illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader
a person unable to read
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landlubber, landsman, lubber
an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
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entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter
any new participant in some activity
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plodder, slogger
someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
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slouch
an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions
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tenderfoot
an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)
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trainee
someone who is being trained
